Hi Friends
My kid Srinidhi started crying at 5.00 am.(16th March 2008 Sunday So my self & wife woke up.
My wife went to kitchen to prepare drink for her.I was holding the kid & walking inside the room to reduce her cry.Around 5.30 pm the kid started sleeping. But my wife itch me to take our away.So I consulted my mom & dad. They too agreed. So I planned to visit kanchipuram
We then called my brother in law to join the trip. As usual he also welcomed the trip start preparing for the trip. In our home my mom & wife prepared puliyasadam. My dad went and purchased some snacks for the trip. My wife called Ambal travels and booked one Mahindra van.
Van reached my home at 8.00. We started our journey to my in law house. They have prepared Curd rice and Karudaam. They also joined with us. Our chiti & chitappa are came from tambaram also joined in the trip.
We first went to Thirumazisai. We went to Sivan temple. The temple is on the highway it self. Very big tank welcome us. We had good darshan. Then we walked to the Jaganatha temple. We had dashan of moolavar. The urchavar is went for veedhi uoola. We enjoyed seeing the painting in the temple walls.
Then we walked some more distance to have darshan of veetrirundha Perumal, In this temple the Anjaneya is very famous. The temple is very small. It is neat & tidy. Everyone liked that.
Then we started to Sriperumbudur. The birth place of saint Ramanuja. We went to adhi kesava Perumal temple. The renovation work is going on. So we had darshan of yathiraja valli thayar and Andal both are in same karbha gragha. Next we moved boothapuriswarar temple. There also renovation work is going on so we don’t went inside the temple. Outside the temple we parked our van, The time is around 11:45 and started to eat We then started to kanchipuram.
The temple reopens only at 4.00 pm so we went to Rajiv Gandhi memorial. The place is very greenly & good. Then we reached Ekambaranathar sannithi around 2pm Due to the athikara nadhi purapadu the temple was open at that time we had good darshan. Last time (we saw the sivan in the prakaram due to balalayam.)
Then we went to kamatchi amman temple. We are fortunate to have darshan of Perumal also. Backside of amman sanidhi there is one door. it is near annapoorani sannidhi. We can see the mirror image of Perumal from here.
Next we went to vardaraja Perumal temple. I am very much worried about my dad. In this temple lots of steps are there to have a darshan of Perumal & thayar. I told my dad if you are not feeling well. Pl stay in prakaram. But my dad came along with us. We had darshan of palli also. Srinath & Akshaya are enjoyed seeing the lizards. In my school days I used to call this temple as palli temple. (The same way my child also remember this temple.) After seeing the lizard my son said we already came to this temple.
My friend sarathy bhattar told me to wait for some time to see the purapadu of varadhan.
So we waited 10 minites. The varadhan in one pallaku Thayar in another pallaku. Purapadu is started we saw that it is very nice. urchar is looks like triplicane urchavar. We are very fortunate to have a good darshan.
Then we move to thiru putkuzi..it is one of the divya desam. This is in Chennai Bangalore highway. We have to come out of kanchipuram to see this divyadesam.we had 20 min drive to reach this divya desam. Small temple but the maragathavalli samedha vijaya raghavar moolavar is big. Both thayar head is slightly inclined towards ramar. It is very nice to see this posture. This is also very famous stalam for prarthanai. They tie varutha payaru in their waist & stay one night the next day the payaru will start to grow This is happening by the grace of maragatha valli thayar.
Then we retuned to Chennai. We had the dinner at arusuvai hotel in sriperumbudur. We reached our home at 9.30 pm.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
kanchipuram Trip
Hi All
Today is a great day in my life (8th July 2006)
When I woke up I have not seen any difference. Usual morning exercises and other routines like brushing, bathing etc were done. Then my wife told me to take leave for the office so that we can go out with family & enjoy. I also liked the idea. I felt some butterflies were flying in my stomach. Then I called my boss for the leave, surprisingly he granted.
Then I called Ravi travels and arranged for a Mahendra van to take our family members. At 10.30 am the van came to my home. In the meanwhile we prepared the food, snacks & drinks. Van started at 10:45 am and reached to Thirumazisai at 11:30 am
A village with a small temple where Prakaras are covered with Ramayana & Bhagavatam paintings. We had a good darshan of Moolavar Jagannathan. This deity is called Madya Jagannatha. One is in north (Puri called Jagannathan) and another in south Thirupullani Kalyana Jagannathan. Then we had a darshan of Thirumazhisai Aalwar Sannathi where he was born and called as Sthalaalwar.
At 12.00 noon started for Kanchipuram which is also called Temple City, famous for temples and silk sarees. All ladies in the van were talking about their silk saree experiences and the cost. Debate is going on which has more temple kumbakonam or kanchipuram.At 1:15 we are at kanchi mutt. it is very famous and old mutt it is started by adi sankaracharya 2500 years ago. It is a chaturmasya time. So the elaborated pooja to chandramoulieswara is performed by the acharyas. Today bala acharya is performing the pooja. We sat and watched the archana and sodasa upcharas.
then we went inside the mutt and saw Sri Jayaendra periyaval. He asked my father and me " enkenthu varel" we replied "from madras". Periaval told his helper to give kalkandu to my kid srinath he was wandering in the room.
We saw the adistanam of maha periyaval & spell bounded by the statue of maha periyaval. It looks like periyaval sitting in a floor. The same pose we had seen him some years back. We came out at 3.00 and ate our all pulliasadam, thairsadam with chips & urgaai. Wandered in the street for some time
Went Ekambareswarar koil. It is one of the oldest temple 57 meter high kopuram is welcoming us as we enter into kanchipuram from the main highway. The renovation work is in full swing. The doors opened at 4.00 pm. had a darshan of ekambaresewarar.
here Siva in linga form it is narrow Siva. This Siva was build by parvathi herself. We had close darsan due to balalayam (siva of outside the main prakara).
In backside we saw a very old mango tree last time it was big in size and shape but without leaves. This time we saw a small tree with greenery leaves thanks to the agriculture dept. Who made this mango tree to grow? Then we sat few minutes at temple tank.
We moved in van to visit kamakshi amman temple. Here chakra is placed in front of kamakshi this is done by adi sankaracharya. So deserve the sannithi here. The other two famous amman temples are Madurai Meenakshi and Kasi Visalakshi.
Next we visited Varadaraja perumal it is a big temple in 32 acres of land. The moolavar is called athi varadha. It is a birth place for poigai alwar & desikan. All the sannithi's are 10 to 15 steps above the ground. Moolavar is 30 - 40 steps above the ground. All in our family, are very tired and sat outside after the darsan. I went to chakrath alwar sannithi & rome in side the Nanthavanam. It is very good to see the land has been utilized for nandavanam & Vazai(plantain) is planted in the big prakaras. Very good utilization other temples also should follow this.
Next we went to Thiruvekka. Yathothakari also known as sonnavanam seitha perumal. one of the diva desam. Small temple had a good darshan. Saraswathi is sitting at the end of moolavar. Moolavar is in pujanka sayanam. moved komalavalli thaayaar sannithi. The Battar is very kind, explained the story of moolavar and thaayaar
Next we went to Astapujathan temple 200 meter from thiruvekka. One of the Divyadesam. Moolavar with 8 hands and hold Sangu, Chakram, Arrow, Bow, Sword, Kedayam, Gadha and Flower. Thayar is in sitting position with smiling face named padmaasana thayar.
Then we returned to madras via perugalathur. At tambaram vasantha bhavan we finished our dinner at 9.30 and reached home at 10.30.
Today is a great day in my life (8th July 2006)
When I woke up I have not seen any difference. Usual morning exercises and other routines like brushing, bathing etc were done. Then my wife told me to take leave for the office so that we can go out with family & enjoy. I also liked the idea. I felt some butterflies were flying in my stomach. Then I called my boss for the leave, surprisingly he granted.
Then I called Ravi travels and arranged for a Mahendra van to take our family members. At 10.30 am the van came to my home. In the meanwhile we prepared the food, snacks & drinks. Van started at 10:45 am and reached to Thirumazisai at 11:30 am
A village with a small temple where Prakaras are covered with Ramayana & Bhagavatam paintings. We had a good darshan of Moolavar Jagannathan. This deity is called Madya Jagannatha. One is in north (Puri called Jagannathan) and another in south Thirupullani Kalyana Jagannathan. Then we had a darshan of Thirumazhisai Aalwar Sannathi where he was born and called as Sthalaalwar.
At 12.00 noon started for Kanchipuram which is also called Temple City, famous for temples and silk sarees. All ladies in the van were talking about their silk saree experiences and the cost. Debate is going on which has more temple kumbakonam or kanchipuram.At 1:15 we are at kanchi mutt. it is very famous and old mutt it is started by adi sankaracharya 2500 years ago. It is a chaturmasya time. So the elaborated pooja to chandramoulieswara is performed by the acharyas. Today bala acharya is performing the pooja. We sat and watched the archana and sodasa upcharas.
then we went inside the mutt and saw Sri Jayaendra periyaval. He asked my father and me " enkenthu varel" we replied "from madras". Periaval told his helper to give kalkandu to my kid srinath he was wandering in the room.
We saw the adistanam of maha periyaval & spell bounded by the statue of maha periyaval. It looks like periyaval sitting in a floor. The same pose we had seen him some years back. We came out at 3.00 and ate our all pulliasadam, thairsadam with chips & urgaai. Wandered in the street for some time
Went Ekambareswarar koil. It is one of the oldest temple 57 meter high kopuram is welcoming us as we enter into kanchipuram from the main highway. The renovation work is in full swing. The doors opened at 4.00 pm. had a darshan of ekambaresewarar.
here Siva in linga form it is narrow Siva. This Siva was build by parvathi herself. We had close darsan due to balalayam (siva of outside the main prakara).
In backside we saw a very old mango tree last time it was big in size and shape but without leaves. This time we saw a small tree with greenery leaves thanks to the agriculture dept. Who made this mango tree to grow? Then we sat few minutes at temple tank.
We moved in van to visit kamakshi amman temple. Here chakra is placed in front of kamakshi this is done by adi sankaracharya. So deserve the sannithi here. The other two famous amman temples are Madurai Meenakshi and Kasi Visalakshi.
Next we visited Varadaraja perumal it is a big temple in 32 acres of land. The moolavar is called athi varadha. It is a birth place for poigai alwar & desikan. All the sannithi's are 10 to 15 steps above the ground. Moolavar is 30 - 40 steps above the ground. All in our family, are very tired and sat outside after the darsan. I went to chakrath alwar sannithi & rome in side the Nanthavanam. It is very good to see the land has been utilized for nandavanam & Vazai(plantain) is planted in the big prakaras. Very good utilization other temples also should follow this.
Next we went to Thiruvekka. Yathothakari also known as sonnavanam seitha perumal. one of the diva desam. Small temple had a good darshan. Saraswathi is sitting at the end of moolavar. Moolavar is in pujanka sayanam. moved komalavalli thaayaar sannithi. The Battar is very kind, explained the story of moolavar and thaayaar
Next we went to Astapujathan temple 200 meter from thiruvekka. One of the Divyadesam. Moolavar with 8 hands and hold Sangu, Chakram, Arrow, Bow, Sword, Kedayam, Gadha and Flower. Thayar is in sitting position with smiling face named padmaasana thayar.
Then we returned to madras via perugalathur. At tambaram vasantha bhavan we finished our dinner at 9.30 and reached home at 10.30.
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